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Peer reviewedWildemuth, Barbara – Education Libraries, 1979
Describes the steps that a school district should follow in the first stages of implementing a minimum competency testing program: preparatory activities, defining the project, identifying existing tests, evaluating tests, developing a local test, and sharing knowledge. (Author)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Minimum Competency Testing, National Competency Tests, School Districts
Download full textFlippo, Rona F. – 1986
Teacher competency testing for the purpose of screening persons prior to state certification continues to be on the upswing in the United States. Many states have implemented paper-pencil tests, most of which were prepared by Educational Testing Service and National Evaluation Systems. Problem areas to consider when certification tests are used to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, National Competency Tests
Edwards, Anne, Ed.; Knight, Peter, Ed. – 1995
This collection of 12 essays focuses on issues surrounding the assessment of competence in higher education, providing examples to illustrate the competence approach in practice in the United Kingdom. They include: (1) "The Assessment of Competence in Higher Education" (Anne Edwards and Peter Knight); (2) "National Vocational…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods
